Bushwick Fire Tour 1: the "Fire War"

[@julesies027]

My grandfather was a firefighter in Bushwick engine 218 in the 70’s. I’ve heard many stories. He called them the war years when Bushwick was burning down. I have the upmost respect for our Fire Fighters. True Heroes!

[@mattforte7550]

Love my pop. The captain ladder 112 now and forever

[@mattforte7550]

Very well spoken and truthful

[@jesussavesnyc]

He was around in 1 of the best times yet during the days when the trolley trains ran the streets, was a unforgettable time & decade during my parents time

[@chrisdee9620]

Your 100% correct when I tell the rookies how it was back in the day most think the same like I am full of $hit, BUT the most important thing is that we tell them the stories because they are true and we want them to LEARN!!! I always ask them (my rookie partner’s) after EVERY job what did you learn? Stay safe everyone.

[@mattforte7550]

My grandpa is the best!!

[@prowordsmith]

Truly were the War Years...and what a time to be a firefighter!

[@PpsyP]

I was 9 years old when this happened...I walked this street the next morning with my father and could not believe my eyes...the largest shopping strip in NYC at the time, Broadway, Brooklyn, stretching 7 miles in length, was destroyed in one night...that boot on 1:51 was the largest shoe I have ever saw as a child...it used to look sooo big...this shot was on Broadway and Gates avenue...wow... I'm getting old.

[@lunghingyuen6141]

engine 277 ladder112 was both companies were sharing splitting a firehouse on Gates and Ralph Aves. with engine222 Battatlion 37

[@rwhite203]

I moved on my block in Bushwick in 1974. I went to 106, 151, and Halsey 296. My son and daughte both graduated from 296. I have lived on this block for 38 years. I love Bushwick, I love Brooklyn. Punch ball, stoop ball, skelly, steal the bacon, relay racing, block partys and block trips. We had a ball growing up on our block. We had and still have a block association. My children were raised on this block and now my grandson runs up and down the sidewalk the same way his dad did. Bad things hap

[@efd49931]

Great video!

[@giofyr]

Excellent.

[@neildonnelly5029]

My Father was in Ladder 124 in Bushwick

[@280StJohnsPl]

Ron Carritue was a highly decorated NYC Fireman

[@owensweetland342]

Thus, vampires only come out at night.

[@RobertSmith-wh2gf]

I think I knew you at PS 106. I started there about January 1937 or 1938, then on to JHS 85 where I skipped a grade to align with the beginning term at Brooklyn Tech.

[@ffan102]

Is there going to be more from this??? T.V.??? cable show??

[@AlphaOne2009]

Hey, Ron, what year did you finish at P.S. 106?

[@Izakokomarixyz]

Why the thumbs down?

[@JohnpaulDejoria666]

Did Ron ever find his bike? I sure hope he did

[@The1Animator]

This my grandfather 🤣 He never got the bike back

[@JohnpaulDejoria666]

@@The1Animator tell him to do “gettin salty experience” podcast, his name is brought up often as an exceptional fire officer and good guy

[@randoff32]

1970's Bushwick looked like Beruit!! Now it looks like Greenwich Village,

[@adelgado75]

Why were all these fires set?

[@prowordsmith]

A variety of reasons - some to get drug houses emptied, some to actually hurt the firefighters who responded, some for insurance purposes, some for just mean spite, some to strike back at, in the parlance of the times, "The Man".

[@Piggy-Oink-Oink]

@@prowordsmith You left out the most common reason back then-FOR FUN

[@adelgado75]

People are being priced out of Bushwick now

[@randoff32]

PS 151, Halsey Junior High,,,and Arsons galore.......!!!

[@Izakokomarixyz]

Bushwick 1970's... Must of been bad times... But now it's getting gentrified, and that's not so good...